Western Dubuque High School

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Western Dubuque High School
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Location
Western Dubuque High School
302 5th Avenue SW

Epworth
,
Iowa
52045
Coordinates 42°26′31″N90°56′35″W / 42.442°N 90.943°W / 42.442; -90.943
Information
TypePublic
Established1962
School district Western Dubuque Community School District
OversightIowa Department of Education
SuperintendentDan Butler
PrincipalEthan Lensch
Staff56.05 FTE [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment897 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.00 [1]
CampusRural
Color(s) Red, Black, & White    
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference
MascotBruiser the Bobcat
Team nameBobcats
Website https://www.wdbqschools.org/o/wdhse

Western Dubuque High School (commonly West Dubuque, West Dub, WDHS, or WD) is a public high school located in Epworth, Iowa. It is one of two high schools in the Western Dubuque Community School District. The school's mascot is the Bobcat, and it competes in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

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History

The campus was built in 1962 and the first class graduated the next year. [2]

Campus

Western Dubuque High School is located at 302 5th Avenue SW in Epworth, Iowa, a town of 2,023 people. The campus is along U.S. Highway 20 and Jacoby Drive W, near Divine Word College. The one-story school building was built in 1962, and the campus includes its own football field. The school recently[ when? ] added a new addition containing two new gyms, a large commons area, two boys and two girls locker rooms, as well as a state-of-the-art wrestling room and weight room. During the 2014-2015 school year, the school had welcomed a new office and a new auditorium. In the 2015-2016 school year, an auto mechanics and metalworking shop were completed and open to the public in the 2016-2017 school year. Plans to build a new carpentry shop and services garage are in the works as of the 2018-2019 school year, but there is no estimate on when they will be finished.

Students

In the 2009-2010 school year, Western Dubuque High School enrolled 747 life changing, miracle arranging students. Of those, 713 (95%) were White, 14 (2%) were Black, 2 (0.27%) were Asian, and none were American Indian. 11 (1%) students were Hispanic, and may be of any race. Additionally, 372 (49.8%) were male, and 375 (50.2%) were female.

Communities served

Areas within the school's attendance zone include: Balltown, Bankston, Centralia, Dyersville, Epworth, Farley, Luxemburg, Holy Cross, New Vienna, Peosta, almost all of Rickardsville, and Worthington. All are completely or partially in Dubuque County. [3] [4] It also serves the unincorporated area of Petersburg. [5]

Athletics

The Bobocats participate in the Mississippi Valley Conference in the following sports: [6]

Girls

Boys

Arts

Band

The Bobcat Marching Band has made many national appearances, including at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Cotton Bowl Parade, two Presidential Inauguration parades, the Indianapolis 500 parade, and the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The band consists of 50+ members and has won numerous division I ratings at state as well as best drumline, flags, hornline, and drum majors. As well as marching band, Western Dubuque High School offers concert band and jazz band, both in which have received division I at state contest.

Choir

Western Dubuque High School has three choirs. The concert choir offers more literature pieces and has many performances throughout the school year. There are two show choirs, all female junior varsity group called the "Aristocats" and "5th Avenue", a competitive co-ed varsity show choir group that consist of 42 singer/dancers, a band, and a crew. "5th Avenue" competes at the 3A level in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. They perform several competitions per school year along with their annual Halloween Hoot. Both "5th Avenue" and "Aristocats" host a show choir invitational called the MAIN EVENT which hosts many of the top show choir groups in the Midwest and has been well known ever since it started.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Western Dubuque High School". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ "School and Community." Western Dubuque High School. June 23, 1998. Retrieved on July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Boundary Map.pdf WDHS Boundary map [ permanent dead link ]." Western Dubuque Community School District. Retrieved on July 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Western Dubuque Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dyersville Elementary Boundary Change Map." Western Dubuque Community School District. Retrieved on July 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Mississippi Valley Conference". Mississippi Valley Conference. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Southard, Dargan. "Iowa state volleyball: Western Dubuque knocks off Waverly-Shell Rock for first state title". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  11. ↑ "IHSAA 2024 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. March 18, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  12. ↑ "2023 Record Book Bowling" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. August 18, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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